Table 2 Physiological characteristics of skin temperature and subjective ratings during the muscle damaging exercise task (means ± SD)

Tskin(°C)

HYP

CON

30.4 ± 1.4

30.2 ± 2.8

30.6 ± 1.4

30.6 ± 1.6

30.5 ± 1.3

30.5 ± 1.3

30.6 ± 1.4

30.5 ± 1.4

30.8 ± 1.5

30.4 ± 1.4

30.9 ± 1.6

30.4 ± 1.8

All > 0.05

All > 0.05

RPE

(BORG 6to20)

HYP

CON

6.4 ± 0.8

6.5 ± 1.0

14.2 ± 1.0

12.8 ± 1.2

14.8 ± 1.4

13.9 ± 1.2

15.4 ± 0.8

14.5 ± 1.6

16.3 ± 1.5

15.6 ± 1.8

16.7 ± 1.3

16.1 ± 2.2

All < 0.001

All < 0.001

DYS

(BORG 0to10)

HYP

CON

0.2 ± 0.3

0.0 ± 0.0

3.1 ± 0.7

3.0 ± 1.2

4.0 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.2

4.9 ± 1.3

4.1 ± 1.4

5.4 ± 1.8

5.0 ± 2.6

5.9 ± 1.8

5.6 ± 2.2

All < 0.001

All < 0.001